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Welcome to Cruising Guide Publications

Targeted to the cruising sailor, our site is a voyage of discovery through the islands of the Caribbean, offering the reader an intimate perspective of the islands, people and the culture of the West Indies. Here you will find updates to our guides, anchorages, navigation, route planning advice, including GPS waypoints, planning tips and information. A section of the site has been dedicated to both yacht charter and island ecology, including diving and the national marine park system.

2017-2018 Editions

New 2017 Guides available now!
Check out the 2017-2018 Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands and 2017-2018 Sailors Guide to the Windward Islands available now!

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By Chris Doyle. This guide picks up where The Cruising Guide to the Southern Leeward Islands ends, and covers the islands of Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. Revised and updated for 2017-2018, this guide features detailed sketch charts based on the author's own surveys, and aerial photos of most anchorages. It also includes clear and concise navigational information.

Brand new for 2017-2018, with Virgin Island photography and full color detailed anchorage charts, these guides have been indispensable companions for sailors and visitors to these islands since 1982. Includes a free 17 x 27 inch color waterproof planning chart, with aerial photos of some of the anchorages. This guide covers the Virgin Islands including all the U.S. and British Virgin Islands: St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, Jost Van Dyke, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and all the smaller islands in between.

Oceans & Islands

One of the many fascinations of exploring tropical waters is to appreciate the beauty and diversity of life on and around the coral reefs. Multicolored corals of great size and shape along with hundreds of species of fish, sponges, invertebrates and anemones act as a backdrop for divers and snorkelers who slip beneath the surface to explore the secrets of the deep. As sailors, we possess a heightened awareness of the aquatic environment and therefore we logically assume an ongoing moral obligation to help protect and restore the health of these fragile eco-systems for future generations.

Safety

The Invasion of the Lionfish
They can strip a reef of juvenile fish within five weeks and without the fish the reef can choke and die...

Conservation

Sea Turtles
Sea turtles are one of the Earth’s most ancient creatures. The species have been around for 110 million years, since the time of the dinosaurs...

Ecology

Saving The Coral Reefs
Risk analyses indicate that more than 90% of the world’s reefs will be threatened by climate change and local anthropogenic impacts by the year 2030 under...